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BY CARRIE N. BAKER | The Equal Rights Amendment’s 100th birthday will take place on July 22 at the same historic location that it was originally introduced: the First Presbyterian Church of Seneca Falls in New York.

The celebration will include a declaration of shared values and a collective action plan for recognition of the federal ERA and passage of state-level ERAs in the 23 states that do not yet have them. It will also hold a ERA march and rally. Tickets are on sale now.

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BY RICKEY GARD DIAMOND | “The combination of the words ‘feminist’ and ‘economics’ was … laughable,” said Amherst professor and economist Nancy Folbre, now 70, reflecting in a video interview about the 1992 creation of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE). That combo is now gaining cred, thanks to the formidable work of Folbre and the bold individuals of IAFFE. 

“People don’t realize they can choose differently. We all believe in democracy. So why not democracy for the economic system?” asked Dr. Caroline Shenaz Hossein, associate professor of global development at the University of Toronto Scarborough.

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U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) joins MomsRising members and their kids at a picnic on May 17, 2023, on Capitol Hill to urge Congress to make childcare affordable, pass paid leave, support care infrastructure, and raise the debt ceiling. (Paul Morigi / Getty Images for MomsRising)

BY ALYSSA FRANKE | A firsthand account of the life-saving benefits of paid leave, and its vitality in our post-Roe society:

“You cannot push yourself through a grade-three concussion … but despite my self-pitying, my coworkers were getting the job done without me. … The irony of being on paid leave while abortion rights were about to be decimated was not lost on me either. … No one should ever have to make that impossible choice between their health and their paycheck. We need to pass national paid family and medical leave.”

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